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Young black and educated
My soul was medicatedMy goals was so low that
Every day I set and made it
And now I'm so elated
Like a nigga's on ecstasy
I got some soul food for ya'll niggas
Here's the recipe
Dreadlock ninja came to you the light
Ya'll in some headlocks and I came to show you to fight
Only interested in realizing my peak
Ya'll came to my village and man I'm the Cacique
I spit that fire, that flame, hotter than some pepper pot
Man I'mma never stop, even if the record stop
I was outside, takin' out my trash
It was 3am ain't expect no-one to pass
But I saw this drunk nigga he was liquored up and shoddy
He said nigga why you scared? you're a being in a body
Opened up the floodgate to my pineal gland
Now I can see the pedestal where trinity stands
He said a being in body, being while in a body
That's the spirit in the man, in case you niggas ain't got me
Now I sit down and meditate, my conscience levitate
Hoppin over fences with my senses I mean Heaven's Gate
Up to Nirvana and Valhalla and the rest of em
As long as there's a book with 120 lessons in
Righteous and poor teacher, man I'm tryna reach ya
Life is a rap song everybody featured
So I hope your 16 is the hottest you spit
Don't gotta have a lotta depth, just a moderate bit
Like if a nigga try and dap you man you honor the fist
And if you gotta girlfriend don't try monitor clicksIf you gotta fight, you better be fighting for blood
And if you gotta compromise, only do it for love
Don't ever tell a lie, especially not yourself
Cause it could be a pain tryna get it off the shelf
Learn the importance of having presence and voice
And love all you can whenever you got the choiceWhen forced to take a seat, don't hesitate to stand
That's being while in a body, the spirit inside the man

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